Chapter Title : ആകാശമില്ലാത്ത നക്ഷത്രം [Smitha]

dndn³ ASv tN«Sm]n emkn¨nÃ. Ak³ BNmlt¯¡v tWm¡n. Wn_s] W£{S§Ä. CX]v¡nsX tfQ¨o´pNÄ. ^m¸£nNÄ tfQ§ta Spa¨v b_¶psNm*n^p¶p. Uqs^ t£{S¯n Wn¶v- f\nfpj¡w Ak³ tN«p. ""b` hnWntf`pw DÅ Z]t`mPv B\v..."" Ak³ b_ªp. ""F´v?"" ""W£{S§Ä Bßm¡am\v F¶v-,"" hnhn`n H¶pw fn*n]nÃ. ""At¸mÄ b¸m ASns`m¶m]n^n¡pw Atà f½o,"" W£{S§sa tWm¡n dndn³ tImUn¨p. S³s_ k]_nsWIpän¸nXn¨n^p¶ dndn³s_ ssNNapsX tf AkÄ ssN¯`ffÀ¯n. hnhn`n]pw W£{S§sa tWm¡n. ""ASns`m¶Ã,"" hnhn`n b_ªp. ""b¸m A¡q«¯n GSv W£{Sfm\v F¶v- Mm³ N*pbnXn¨p,"" dndn³ AkapsX km¡pNÄ tN«v AUvepSs¸«p. ""F§sW?"" ""tfm³ tWm¡q...GSv W£{S¯nWv B\v Gäkpw NqXpS Sna¡w?"" dndn³ N*p. H^p tfQ¨o´nWXp¯v Gäkpw {btlmen¨v H^p W£{Sw. Ak³ ASnsW tWm¡n bp©n^n¨p. ""W½apw f^n¨p Njnªv b¸msX AXp¯v Ss¶ Nm\pw Atà f½o?"" hnhn`n D¯^sfm¶pw b_ªnÃ. ""F³s_ Nm^yw!"" Ak³ sbs«¶v kng]w fmän. ""C¶s¯ Unkhw F´m? Aà C¶s¯ ^m{Sn F´m? cÌv-- ssWäv! C¶v- SNÀ¡\w tNt«m,"" ""¨o tbmXm,"" AkÄ Wm\t¯msX Ak³s_ ssN S³s_ k]_n N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv Wn¶v- fmän. ""¨o tbmXm! Dw hpµ^n f½osX H^p Wm\w...AsS ...C¸tj sbmt¡m. A¨³ AknsX Nm¯v fpgnªv C^n¡pkm^n¡pw. F³s_ hpµ^n f½osW sNmSn¸n¡mWpw ^hn¸n¡mWpw...D½ sk¨v ...sSm«v ..bnXn¨v ..sM¡n ..."" ""Ct¿...Cu sI_p¡³!...H¶v tbmNp¶pt*m..."" AkÄ `Ön¨v